Nancy Dunkle

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Nancy Lynn Dunkle [1]
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Personal information
Born (1955-01-10) January 10, 1955 (age 69)
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
College Cal State Fullerton (1973–1977)
Position Forward / Center
Career history
As player:
1979–1980 California Dreams
1980 San Francisco Pioneers
1980–1981 Minnesota Fillies
1981 San Francisco Pioneers
As coach:
1977–1979 Cal State Fullerton
1980 California Dreams
Career highlights and awards
As player:
  • WBL All-Star (1980)
  • 2× All-American (1975, 1976)
  • 3x Kodak All-American (1975–1977)
Career WBL playing statistics
Points 756 (12.6 ppg)
Games60
Career coaching record
WBL 5–3 (.625)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
Medals
Olympic Games
Women's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1976 Montreal Team competition
World University Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1973 Moscow Team Competition
Pan American
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1975 Mexico City Team Competition

Nancy Lynn Dunkle (born January 10, 1955) is an American former basketball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. [2] She played college basketball for Cal State Fullerton [3] before going on to play professionally in the Women's Professional Basketball League, [4] the first women's pro basketball league in the United States. Dunkle was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.

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USA Basketball

The 6'2" tall Dunkle was named to the team representing the US at the 1973 World University Games competition in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was the eighth such competition, but the first one in which the USA competed in women's basketball. The USA team had to play the Soviet Union in the opening round, and lost to the hosts, 92–43. The USA team bounced back and won their next two games. After preliminary play, the teams moved into medal rounds, where the first round loss carried over. In the medal round, the USA won their next three games, including a match against 6–0 Cuba, which the USA won 59–44. That sent them to the gold medal game, but against the host Soviet Union, now 7–0. The USSR won to capture the gold medal, while the USA finished with a silver in their first competition. [5]

In 1975 Dunkle [6] [7] played for the USA team in the Pan American Games held in Mexico City, Mexico. The USA team had finished second in 1967 and 1971, but won all seven games at the 1975 event to capture their first gold medal since 1963. [8]

Dunkle earned a spot on the USA National team, which competed in the 1975 World Championships held in Cali, Colombia. The USA team lost their opening round game by two points to Japan 73–71. After winning the next game, they faced Czechoslovakia who won by a single point 66–65. This sent the USA team to the consolation rounds, where they won three of four, but dropped a game to Canada 74–68. The USA finished the competition in eighth place. [9]

Dunkle continued with the National team to the 1976 Olympics, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. After losing the opening game to Japan, the USA team beat Bulgaria, but then faced host team Canada. Dunkle was the leading scorer for the USA team with 17 points, helping the USA team defeat Canada 84–71. After losing to the USSR, the USA team needed a victory against Czechoslovakia to secure a medal. Dunkle scored 14 points, to help the team to an 83–67 win and the silver medal. [10]

Cal State Fullerton statistics

Source [11]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%FT%RPGAPGPPG
1974Cal State Fullerton21322NANA7.4NA15.3
1975Cal State Fullerton21376NANA8.6NA17.9
1976Cal State Fullerton1942356.0%51.8%13.12.322.3
1977Cal State Fullerton2143856.8%70.4%8.02.420.9
Career82155952.5%NA9.2NA19.0

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  3. ↑ Bea Dambach (March 25, 1976). "Super Nancy Dunkle is still improving game". The Daily News. p. 4. Retrieved November 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. ↑ Pete Donovan (September 7, 1979). "Dreams sign Nancy Dunkle to 2-year pact". The Los Angeles Times . p. 19. Retrieved November 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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